IT Project Manager II

IT Project Manager II

The IT Project Manager II will lead business technology initiatives that support Acosta's Brand Advocacy Solutions organization. This role serves as a strategic liaison between enterprise technology teams, business stakeholders, and project delivery functions by translating enterprise application roadmaps, platform enhancements, and organizational priorities into actionable business-specific implementation plans. The successful candidate will drive enterprise-scale initiatives, assess impacts across multiple business units, develop execution roadmaps, and ensure technology investments align with BAS operational objectives.

The Plan activities include: defining the project objectives and developing a plan to accomplish the objectives; partnering with the project sponsors/stakeholders to define specific objectives; developing in concert with team members a plan to accomplish the objectives.

The Organize activities include: identifying and securing resources (full time and or contractor); determining tasks to complete and their associated timelines and deadlines; assigning tasks, delegating authority, and motivating team members to work together.

The Control activities include: tracking actual progress to planned progress; providing status reports on a scheduled basis to members of the team; overseeing quality control throughout the project life cycle; managing change controls and scope creep.

Responsibilities include: Direct and manage small, medium and large scale software development projects from beginning to end; Understand overall visions of the project as it relates to other projects in the PMO; Interact with architects on determining tactical and strategic solutions for the business sponsor/stakeholders and communicating those solutions to the business sponsor/stakeholders; Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and the project sponsors/stakeholders; Develop full-scale project plans for small to large scale projects and associated communications documents; Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and project sponsors/stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion; Ability to liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis; Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals; Identify and secure resources throughout the project life cycle; Manage project expectations with team members and project sponsors/stakeholders; Delegate tasks and responsibilities to team members; Ability to gain commitment of the team; Coach, mentor, and motivate team members and manage conflict resolution; Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path; Track project milestones and deliverables; Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations when necessary; Manage project scope, change controls, and develop contingency plans; Define project success criteria and communicate to team; Build, develop and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project; Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management; Conduct lessons learned sessions and close out projects.

Qualifications include: Minimum of High School Diploma/GED; Preferred Bachelor's Degree in relevant area of study; 2 or more years of relevant work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution; Experience managing deliverables and milestones: on time/meeting business needs.